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United States Patent | 5,746,025 |
Shimura | May 5, 1998 |
A slide door operating device for a motor vehicle comprises a guide track horizontally mounted to an outer surface of a vehicle body panel. A door carrying device is movable along the guide track and connected to a slide door. An electric power device is mounted in the vehicle and has a drive pulley. The vehicle body panel has a single opening. Two cables are joined to constitute a loop which extends from the power device, goes out to the outside of the vehicle body panel through the single opening, extends in and around the guide track and comes back to the power device through the single opening. The loop travels in one direction when the drive pulley is driven in one direction and travels in the other direction when the drive pulley is driven in the other direction. A given portion of the loop is connected to the door carrying device.
Inventors: | Shimura; Ryoji (Yokohama, JP) |
Assignee: | Ohi Seisakusho Co., Ltd. (Yokohama, JP) |
Appl. No.: | 603810 |
Filed: | February 20, 1996 |
Feb 28, 1995[JP] | 7-039968 | |
Feb 28, 1995[JP] | 7-039970 |
Current U.S. Class: | 49/360; 49/362 |
Intern'l Class: | E05F 011/00 |
Field of Search: | 49/360,362,280,214,215,216 296/155,146.11,146.12,152 |
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